This study is primarily designed for investigating the tertiary students’ perspectives on writing difficulties of essays. was conducted in explanatory research which quantitative and qualitative data were obtained from web-based questionnaire semi-structured interview, then analyzed separately. 21 undergraduate students have enrolled survey 6 them invited to interview section. reveals students'...

This essay has two primary objectives. First, acknowledging the fact that the philosopher’s fundamental responsibility, due to the conditions of social order in many regions and nations around the world, requires not merely thought but also actions that transform this world into a more equitable and inclusive one, the author proposes to show the reader a simple way (among many other possibiliti...

a r t i c l e i n f o This essay focuses on some of the adverse practices in business research publications. First, business researchers seem to have lost touch with business practice and to narrow the target group to fellow academics only, reducing the production of useful knowledge. Second, the objectives of business research publications narrow to impact and citations. This view leads to a s...

Richard Wright’s introductory essay to his collection of short stories Uncle Tom's Children describes hidden forms of resistance against Jim Crowism and Uncle Tomism. The essay entitled The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch relates Wright’s daily confrontations with Jim Crowism with a particular emphasis on his evasive actions, and his covert activities, such as silence, pla...

Drawing largely on Aidoo’s (1970) play, Anowa, as well as lived experiences, I argue on the philosophical flaws of Ashcroft’s (2009) claim that there is no inherent link between language and culture. This essay subsequently explores the implication of my argument on some transformational domains of English in particular though it has obvious applicability to the role of colonial languages in ge...

This opening essay introduces the term ‘material religion’ and gives a brief account of this academic field its history. It considers how why classicists classical archaeologists have not yet fully engaged with debates around material religion indicates some reasons it might be important to do so.

Miriam: Many essays have been written recently about ChatGPT ( https://chat.openai.com/ ) and its impact on higher education, not least of which is a review the technology in C&RL News March 2023. But how many asked what it has to say matter? I set out learn thought could contribute academic libraries. ChatGPT: Hi there, I’m ChatGPT! As language model, wrote fun essay using generated text m...